Sijangkang (state constituency)

Sijangkang
Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
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Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2018

Sijangkang is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 1995.

The state constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Sijangkang Utara, Sijangkang Dalam Utara, Sijangkang Dalam Selatan, Sijangkang Selatan, Batu 9 Kebun Baharu, Teluk 1, Jenjarum, Jenjarum Tempatan Pertama, Ladang Carey Barat, Ladang Carey Selatan, Ladang Carey Timur, Teluk 2, Sungai Bumbun, Batu 10 Kebun Baharu.

2016–present:[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Sijangkang Utara, Sijangkang Dalam Utara, Sijangkang Dalam Selatan, Sijangkang Selatan, Batu 9 Kebun Baharu, Teluk 1, Jenjarum, Jenjarum Tempatan Pertama, Ladang Carey Barat, Ladang Carey Selatan, Ladang Carey Timur, Teluk 2, Sungai Bumbun, Batu 10 Kebun Baharu, Sijangkang Jaya, Taman Panglima.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sijangkang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
9th	1995-1999	Abdul Fatah Iskandar	BN
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Ahmad Yunus Hairi	PAS
13th	2013-2018
14th	2018-present

Election results

Selangor state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ahmad Yunus Hairi	12,688	37.19	- 18.31
	PH	Mohd Hamidi Abu Bakar	11,011	32.27	+ 32.27
	BN	Sulaiman Mohd Karli	10,420	30.54	- 13.96
Total valid votes			34,119	100.00
Total rejected ballots			458
Unreturned ballots			2,068
Turnout			36,645	92.88
Registered electors			39,455
Majority			1,677	4.92
	PAS hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ahmad Yunus Hairi	14,838	55.50	- 0.28
	BN	Zurihan Yusop	11,896	44.50	+ 0.28
Total valid votes			26,734	100.00
Total rejected ballots			417
Unreturned ballots			65
Turnout			27,216	89.00
Registered electors			30,581
Majority			2,942
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 192/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 233/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

Selangor state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ahmad Yunus Hairi	10,049	55.78	+ 16.45
	BN	Abdul Fatah Iskandar	7,968	44.22	- 16.45
Total valid votes			18,017	100.00
Total rejected ballots			374
Unreturned ballots			341
Turnout			18,732	82.31
Registered electors			22,759
Majority			2,081
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Selangor state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Fatah Iskandar	9,655	60.67	+ 8.93
	PAS	Ahmad Yunus Hairi	6,259	39.33	- 8.93
Total valid votes			15,914	100.00
Total rejected ballots			360
Unreturned ballots			461
Turnout			16,735	78.46
Registered electors			21,329
Majority			3,396
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Fatah Iskandar	6,948	51.74	- 23.24
	PAS	Mohammad Sallehuddin Hafiz	6,480	48.26	+ 23.24
Total valid votes			13,428	100.00
Total rejected ballots			466
Unreturned ballots			9
Turnout			13,903	73.72
Registered electors			18,860
Majority			468
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Abdul Fatah Iskandar	9,233	74.98
	PAS	Mohammad Sallehuddin Hafiz	3,081	25.02
Total valid votes			12,314	100.00
Total rejected ballots			430
Unreturned ballots			3
Turnout			12,747	69.25
Registered electors			18,407
Majority			6,152
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

"Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-19.

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[1] "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-19.